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the u.s. has a de minimis standard of $200 for low value goods to that as quickly without all the customs and fees apply. mexico is 50. the u.s. is considering raising theirs to fight hunger. new mexico can raise theirs. we can take away transaction cost he was talking about for low value goods so we can move across borders easily. the third is trying to find ways in which the two sides can find harmonization and other program with the security of cargo in goods entrusted traders. the question is, a lot of that at the federal level, but the infrastructure is being driven into the ditch at the end of the day that what you see at the poorest. you're facing tight budgets. how can you really prioritize a van border projects, bridges, roads, airports to say this is not just a priority at the local community, the growing the business that we want on both sides of the border. haida remake transportation infrastructure will priority along the border? >> thank you for your business. we want more, that
the u.s. has a de minimis standard of $200 for low value goods to that as quickly without all the customs and fees apply. mexico is 50. the u.s. is considering raising theirs to fight hunger. new mexico can raise theirs. we can take away transaction cost he was talking about for low value goods so we can move across borders easily. the third is trying to find ways in which the two sides can find harmonization and other program with the security of cargo in goods entrusted traders. the question...
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but that not u.s. policy. this is u.s. policy. this defines who we are. it's a sustain -- sustain -- stann on our reputation. i want to finish what if andy same don't know how many people heave hear world the movie lincoln. and it's the story how abraham lincoln pushed through an amendment through the constitution to free the slaves, and when you look at it, that wasn't something -- there were a lot of other issues around, that he could have avoided that issue to bring the states back together, for economic reasons, to stop killing, to end the war. lots of other issues and people are saying, why does this issue matter? and he forced it through. a moral issue of defining what the country was going to be, what it was about. there are lots of inconveniences we can talk about yemen or other things, to closing guantanamo. political inconveniences, some opposition from right wing republicans but these are things that can be dub, that can be worked if the president has a commitment to close guantanamo. there's been nobody to find in the white house since greg le
but that not u.s. policy. this is u.s. policy. this defines who we are. it's a sustain -- sustain -- stann on our reputation. i want to finish what if andy same don't know how many people heave hear world the movie lincoln. and it's the story how abraham lincoln pushed through an amendment through the constitution to free the slaves, and when you look at it, that wasn't something -- there were a lot of other issues around, that he could have avoided that issue to bring the states back together,...
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there are now more women in the u.s. u.s. senate. conversation women candidates who ran for office in 2012. this 35 minute event is hosted by emily's list which is a political action committee that supports pro-choice women candidates running for congress and governor. >> the national press club here and we are privileged to have stephanie schriock, the president of emily's list to be here today. as they well should after their spectacular when in the last presidential election. stephanie has been very active in democratic circles. she was national finance director for howard dean's 2004 election. she then helped the united states senator john -- unseat an 18-year-old incumbent in the state of montana. stephanie also managed the campaign of senator franken in minnesota and she defeated norm colman. correct? she is a graduate of man caught a state university in minnesota and she grew up in montana. here is stephanie, the president of emily's list who will speak and then we will field questions from all of you. thank you. >> thank you.
there are now more women in the u.s. u.s. senate. conversation women candidates who ran for office in 2012. this 35 minute event is hosted by emily's list which is a political action committee that supports pro-choice women candidates running for congress and governor. >> the national press club here and we are privileged to have stephanie schriock, the president of emily's list to be here today. as they well should after their spectacular when in the last presidential election. stephanie...
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u.s. aid helped the government. probably the biggest problem with the electricity generation is that very few people pay for the electricity. that's about a a whole in the budget from 100 to 200 million. frankly. and industry. and there's a terrific discussion of the problems and shelter earlier, and, you know, removing -- i think if you haven't been to port-au-prince recently the thing that will strike you as they pointed out the rubble is almost all gone from downtown. you see the far suburbs. and the tents especially the tents around the airport and other places they're gone. they asked for a redoubling effort to get rid of the it's last tent camps and we've moved money around in that regard. but i think the progress is visible. the other thing there was an embargo in building in port-au-prince by the prior mayor. and so while you saw rubble removed you didn't see the new construction going up. that has been changed since and you'll see a lot of construction now in downtown port-au-prince. the government of haiti
u.s. aid helped the government. probably the biggest problem with the electricity generation is that very few people pay for the electricity. that's about a a whole in the budget from 100 to 200 million. frankly. and industry. and there's a terrific discussion of the problems and shelter earlier, and, you know, removing -- i think if you haven't been to port-au-prince recently the thing that will strike you as they pointed out the rubble is almost all gone from downtown. you see the far...
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. >> when you say that you feel the u.s. military has significant geopolitical information, some feel that the same level of military spending needs to be maintained to the detriment of domestic spending that could benefit us here at home. [applause] >> i'm not sure what the level should be. at the end of the cold war, i don't know that that level is in the cards. i don't think so. but i think the pentagon should be like any other governing department, analyzing to see what we don't really need. there a lot of hardware that will be challenged and the pentagon will have to make further reductions. should not spend a dollar more for military spending we need to. we have to find the right balance. and i have confidence in the people who understand the strength of the country comes from an economy that's working well. defense spending is at the expense of domestic spending. we will spend what we think we need on domestic issues as well and domestic programs as well. so constrained spending for that which is absolutely needed, do
. >> when you say that you feel the u.s. military has significant geopolitical information, some feel that the same level of military spending needs to be maintained to the detriment of domestic spending that could benefit us here at home. [applause] >> i'm not sure what the level should be. at the end of the cold war, i don't know that that level is in the cards. i don't think so. but i think the pentagon should be like any other governing department, analyzing to see what we don't...
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because the u.s. simply not going to be there at the level and the presence and the protection they're used to and have relied oned in the past. >> [inaudible] i would your legacy. >> it's nice to sea see you. >> thank you, senator for coming and more than thirty years of service in your country. you're on the energy and resources committee also, we are continuing to send almost $400 billion a year overseas to buy oil, and your colleague senator lugar, for a long time has told us that the only way to beat a cartel is through competition and he sponsored what is called an open-fuel standard. to basically make a competitive market to move automobiles, trucks, whether it's electricity or ethanol or whatever, to have a market so that brazil, when you drive up to the pump you have a choice and the price goes down, we think. do you think that's a good idea? and with your colleague gone now and the loss to our country would you be support i have of the competitive way to break the opec cartel? >> i think the
because the u.s. simply not going to be there at the level and the presence and the protection they're used to and have relied oned in the past. >> [inaudible] i would your legacy. >> it's nice to sea see you. >> thank you, senator for coming and more than thirty years of service in your country. you're on the energy and resources committee also, we are continuing to send almost $400 billion a year overseas to buy oil, and your colleague senator lugar, for a long time has told...
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. >> the u.s. senate confirmed massachusetts senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state by a vote of 94 to three. voting against him were senator cornyn and senator inhofe. next, senator menendez, senator corker, and senator cardin on the nomination. this is 20 minutes. >> the senator from new jersey. >> madam president, i rise to speak to the nomination of senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state. it has been more than 100 years since a member of the senate foreign relations committee was directly nominated to be the secretary of state. the last was senator john sherman of ohio that was selected to serve as secretary of state to president mckinley. i think it's important to note that this historical fact exist because senator kerry's path is not one commonly taken, but one that is earned by a select few. and he has earned this opportunity. from the first time that john testified before chairman fulbright and a young, returning vietnam war hero in 1971, to the date of day that
. >> the u.s. senate confirmed massachusetts senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state by a vote of 94 to three. voting against him were senator cornyn and senator inhofe. next, senator menendez, senator corker, and senator cardin on the nomination. this is 20 minutes. >> the senator from new jersey. >> madam president, i rise to speak to the nomination of senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state. it has been more than 100 years since a member of the...
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i have one of the rare accessories was a manual transmission in the u.s. in june in the vehicle and the automatic version and it's got dual clutch and i'm thinking, all right, i'll try it out. it was fantastic. i'm horrified to say that because it is just a manual gear had%, but i enjoy driving up more than the manual. my colleague and i have were both a little bit hard by at first. you got to get in the vehicle and give people the opportunity to drive these new kinds of transmissions, these new kinds of technologies over mandating, encouraging for automakers, to poor fuel economy. it's just a matter of education and getting people exposed to these vehicles. we've talked about that on some of the committees. i can't tell you what we specifically talk in private, the collaboration amongst the automakers, they are all facing the same issues. everyone has the same fuel economy standards to meet. there are different phases of meeting them, but the challenge is on the same. so collaborated on the circus really valuable. getting servers exposed to these differen
i have one of the rare accessories was a manual transmission in the u.s. in june in the vehicle and the automatic version and it's got dual clutch and i'm thinking, all right, i'll try it out. it was fantastic. i'm horrified to say that because it is just a manual gear had%, but i enjoy driving up more than the manual. my colleague and i have were both a little bit hard by at first. you got to get in the vehicle and give people the opportunity to drive these new kinds of transmissions, these...
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lastly, the u.s. census will be releasing later in the year data on how many people with disabilities actually voted. it will be broken down by category and types of disabilities and in the cases that the larger jurisdictions, there will even be data. there were 14,700,000 people with disabilities who voted in 2008. that is still a 7% cap between disabled and able-bodied voter participation. poll worker training is extremely important. some of the problems we saw in the selection, but previous elections that link back to poll worker training machines be turned off. the poll workers pressure people not to use the machine. poll workers quite an approach really looking at a person with a disability insane this happens over and over again. that is the legal. it is morally offensive and it happens lots of times in every election a month to places. i want to commend the district because they used testing after training for poll workers. i think that is essential and it's not just to teach with the poll work
lastly, the u.s. census will be releasing later in the year data on how many people with disabilities actually voted. it will be broken down by category and types of disabilities and in the cases that the larger jurisdictions, there will even be data. there were 14,700,000 people with disabilities who voted in 2008. that is still a 7% cap between disabled and able-bodied voter participation. poll worker training is extremely important. some of the problems we saw in the selection, but previous...
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long as the playing field is level, u.s. institutions will be strong and capable of responding to them. on the funding issue, it's a question that has more to the essay. capital markets are strong. those borrowers who have access, the larger enterprises, how multiple options to choose from funding investments that they choose to make, assuming their credit worthy. the same is true inclining, particularly for larger enterprises. the major banks have stood by their large cuts to america's pretty systematically through the craze says and certainly the recovery period. the problem comes in as you go down the chain through medium is smaller enterprises and messaging into households where the experience of the particularly in housing finance and consumer finance were in a transitional period, where we haven't yet figured out what takes place as the consumer finance industry, which has been largely destroyed. it's a decent business and you can see examples that have survived. this basic decisions to be made about how much it should
long as the playing field is level, u.s. institutions will be strong and capable of responding to them. on the funding issue, it's a question that has more to the essay. capital markets are strong. those borrowers who have access, the larger enterprises, how multiple options to choose from funding investments that they choose to make, assuming their credit worthy. the same is true inclining, particularly for larger enterprises. the major banks have stood by their large cuts to america's pretty...
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representatives of the committees, u.s. capitol police and military spoke with reporters at the national press club for a little less than an hour. >> thank you very much. thank you for the press club for posting today. this is going to be a little bit of a dance as they run through this chronologically. as you can imagine, there's different players involved in the events taking place over the next three days. my name is trained for. that's brent colburn. i'm the communications director for the presidential and not through committee and we are involved in this doing the public events that fall outside the official swearing-in, what can talk to. in fact come as a think about this, it may make sense for us to do this not chronologically and do this in section and inside, if you want to walk through kind of vujacic site and then we'll do the jtf said. where an organization that step every 44 years to represent the president and vice presidencies. we do a lot of events like working with the jtf on the parade, the inaugural ball
representatives of the committees, u.s. capitol police and military spoke with reporters at the national press club for a little less than an hour. >> thank you very much. thank you for the press club for posting today. this is going to be a little bit of a dance as they run through this chronologically. as you can imagine, there's different players involved in the events taking place over the next three days. my name is trained for. that's brent colburn. i'm the communications director...
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as you know, house prices in the u.s. fell about 30% for the first time, since the 2007, 2006, we are starting to see increases in production and rising house prices and how that will affect household wealth. that is one positive factor that is going to help us out and help us to have a better year in 2013 and in 2014. a few other things that are positive is that state and local governments, which have been in contractionary mode because of the loss of everything. they wanted to check on the economy that they have been for the last two years. the energy industry is looking much stronger. consumers are more optimistic than the university of michigan publishes the index of consumer sentiment, which is one of the very best guides with how consumers are feeling. as long as the fiscal policy keeps going, there will be some progress. we still have quite a ways to go before we will be dissatisfied. it is actually taken some of the pressure off of congress to try to address these fiscal challenges. the critics on both sides -- yo
as you know, house prices in the u.s. fell about 30% for the first time, since the 2007, 2006, we are starting to see increases in production and rising house prices and how that will affect household wealth. that is one positive factor that is going to help us out and help us to have a better year in 2013 and in 2014. a few other things that are positive is that state and local governments, which have been in contractionary mode because of the loss of everything. they wanted to check on the...
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former governors, u.s. senator, my fellow citizens commit thank you for the trust you have placed in me. it humbles me and will sustain me as they were to be a remarkable state. [applause] today as i was sworn in as your governor, i pledge to follow the constitution of new hampshire and the united state. now make one more promise. i will work as hard as i can to honor your trust. i will strive to do so in the tradition that has guided us throughout our history, the tradition of openness, bipartisanship and collective problem-solving. [applause] no one has exemplified that tradition more than the person i am succeeding. [applause] [applause] someone i want to thank on behalf of all of our citizens for his four terms in the corner office. thank you, governor john lynch. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] i sought this out the city could save our own way forward, harnessing the promise of our great cities in democracy to the reserve and strengthen our state special qualities. i know that together we c
former governors, u.s. senator, my fellow citizens commit thank you for the trust you have placed in me. it humbles me and will sustain me as they were to be a remarkable state. [applause] today as i was sworn in as your governor, i pledge to follow the constitution of new hampshire and the united state. now make one more promise. i will work as hard as i can to honor your trust. i will strive to do so in the tradition that has guided us throughout our history, the tradition of openness,...
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. >> it goes a little bit unnoticed that the u.s. has consolidated over the last few years be a lot of this depends on sequestration in the debate and they do consolidate and they start from a much different point and if you compare that with the aggregate number for the eurozone. but you also have varyurozone. but you also have varying degrees of consolidation. with small exceptions. >> okay, you wanted to comment on this? >> in the case of the u.s., i think the question is the consolidation is taking place and it's quite interesting to see that we are holding our place to see if we will whoppers will become up around it. so the question of the decision-making process is what is at stake here. second, it requires a long-term contracts. after there was a 30% adjustments process which suggested how we would stabilize and drop this gdp. inflationary pressures in the same time, it was addressing the key question, which is jobs. it was a good idea at the time, as steve mcqueen would say. let me just mention briefly, brazil, korea, chile,
. >> it goes a little bit unnoticed that the u.s. has consolidated over the last few years be a lot of this depends on sequestration in the debate and they do consolidate and they start from a much different point and if you compare that with the aggregate number for the eurozone. but you also have varyurozone. but you also have varying degrees of consolidation. with small exceptions. >> okay, you wanted to comment on this? >> in the case of the u.s., i think the question is...
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speaking for the u.s. conference of mayors, the vice president describe thinking behind the plant from which calls for expanded background checks, bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines come increased funding for local police said more research on gun violence. this is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden and mayor michael nutter. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] pockmarked >> mayors and ladies and gentlemen, it is of course my distinct honor and pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our good friend, my good friend, vice president joe biden. throughout his career as a public servant, vice president biden has championed issues that are critical to prosperity and growth of american cities and he has engage directly with the u.s. conference of mayors on a regular basis. during our candlemaking this past june in orlando, vice president biden pledged the obama administration would make sure that future infrastru
speaking for the u.s. conference of mayors, the vice president describe thinking behind the plant from which calls for expanded background checks, bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines come increased funding for local police said more research on gun violence. this is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden and mayor michael nutter. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] pockmarked >> mayors and...
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to his credit and make u.s. to come to the wilson center and talk about legal limit surrender program and he has said and many have said that a strong policy does not affect it and i strongly agree with that. it doesn't mean they're not a tool in a toolbox. they aren't really done. we need other tools in diplomacy and development in the purview of the state department are crucial foreign-policy tools, which i think need to be and to. >> host: our producer found this on "american spectator" about justice ginsburg comments about the constitution in case our viewers want to go from an interview aired on monday. you can redevelop their peers to close the u.s. constitution in comparison to teach a, the united states is a very new nation, yet we have built this written constitution and the world. she goes on to sam that look at the constitution of south africa as opposed to u.s. constitution if you are drafted 2012. ralph, highland park, illinois. >> caller: hi, how are you doing. >> host: ? >> guest: a question and p
to his credit and make u.s. to come to the wilson center and talk about legal limit surrender program and he has said and many have said that a strong policy does not affect it and i strongly agree with that. it doesn't mean they're not a tool in a toolbox. they aren't really done. we need other tools in diplomacy and development in the purview of the state department are crucial foreign-policy tools, which i think need to be and to. >> host: our producer found this on "american...
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yms even just take one thing like the u.s. capitol, and imagine how he thought saw it evolve over the years, remodeled. bushed by the british, -- burned by the british, and then finally during the civil war coming to its' prominent as it looks today. although he never saw the washington monument completed. that rose to one-third of the planned height, then for twenty five years remained a stub. he never saw that in the final form. -- [inaudible] i was about to ask how long it took him to say -- [inaudible] and how long did he get a chance to enjoy the freedom? >> let me say about his life and freedom. remember, daniel webster advanced purchase price and it would have taken him close to a couple of years to pay it back at the rate of $8 a month. he continued to work for webster for about four years. then he decided apparently he wanted another kind of job and remember, i said he was a good networkinger. and so what he did was get a letter of recommendation from daniel webster, i found the original in the papers of alfred chapma
yms even just take one thing like the u.s. capitol, and imagine how he thought saw it evolve over the years, remodeled. bushed by the british, -- burned by the british, and then finally during the civil war coming to its' prominent as it looks today. although he never saw the washington monument completed. that rose to one-third of the planned height, then for twenty five years remained a stub. he never saw that in the final form. -- [inaudible] i was about to ask how long it took him to say --...
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that's what we're doing right here with the u.s. government and you're going to pay the price, not me. >> on that hopeful note, we thank -- it's a great day tomorrow. we're at a turning point in our country where i have sewn so many responses, how to bring people in different political perspectives together to agree on. the divisiveness has been -- it's artificial, our campaign is five times more effective, positive campaign so let's make sure we are all positive. whatever is good, whatever is true, whatever i rice, deserve ago praise, dwell on these things. that's how to make the world a better place by making america better. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. [inaudible conversations] s >> tonight, highlights of the inauguration. the arrival at church service and then the inauguration, including the swearing in and the president's speech. followed the be luncheon at the capitol. the president began the day at st. john's episcopal church in washington. here's the president's motorcade that morning and the first family's arrival at t
that's what we're doing right here with the u.s. government and you're going to pay the price, not me. >> on that hopeful note, we thank -- it's a great day tomorrow. we're at a turning point in our country where i have sewn so many responses, how to bring people in different political perspectives together to agree on. the divisiveness has been -- it's artificial, our campaign is five times more effective, positive campaign so let's make sure we are all positive. whatever is good,...